# Novarupta

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 58.266667, -155.156667
- **Part:** Katmai National Park and Preserve
- **Topo:** USGS Mount Katmai B-4
- **Type:** Caldera with lava dome
- **Range:** Aleutian Range
- **State:** Alaska
- **Country:** United States
- **Listing:** Volcanoes in the United States
- **Formed By:** Subduction zone volcanism
- **Image Map:** Map of Alaska Peninsula Volcanoes.gif
- **Part Type:** Protected area
- **Elevation Ft:** 2759
- **Volcanic Arc:** Aleutian Arc
- **Fetchwikidata:** ALL
- **Last Eruption:** June to October 1912

During the 20th century, only the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines and the 1902 eruption of Santa María in Guatemala were of comparable magnitude; Mount Pinatubo ejected of tephra, and Santa María just slightly less.

![Photo of Novarupta](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Novarupta_%2813543091424%29.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)